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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
559 PM EDT THU SEP 24 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1050 PM FLASH FLOOD BOBS CREEK 36.79N 83.25W
09/23/2026 HARLAN KY PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF THE BOBS CREEK TUNNEL
BEING TOTALLY INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS
DURING THE EVENING ROUND OF FLASH FLOODING
ON 9/23. PICTURES FROM AFTER DAWN ON 9/24
REVEAL THAT THERE IS STILL STANDING WATER IN
THE TUNNEL, BUT THERE IS ALSO MULTIPLE LOGS
AND DEBRIS MAKING THE TUNNEL IMPASSABLE. IT
APPEARS THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST 3 FEET OF
WATER IN THE TUNNEL BASED ON THE WATER/MUD
MARKS VISIBLE ON THE WALLS OF THE TUNNEL.
TIME ESTIMATED USING PEAK CREST UNIT
STREAMFLOW DATA. THERE WERE 5 PIXELS OF
1000+ CFS UPSTREAM OF THIS LOCATION ALONG
KY-1556. THAT AREA DRAINS TOWARDS THIS
TUNNEL.
JMM
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